The Barbarians are past the gate

I was advised by my dean of the pending lawsuit at Georgia State, concerning digital distribution of copyrighted materials for instructional purposes (see the New York Times, and Inside Higher Ed coverage for more details).

I'm mortified... my alternatives appear to be:

1. Rely on overpriced, dumbed down, glossy, pre-packaged, drek, sold by the major, for profit, publishing houses, which are funneled through the Barnes and Noble owned campus bookstore and their 34% markup or...
2. Put together a course reading pack that (upon imposition of the publisher's use fee) will cost as much as the overpriced, dumbed down, glossy, pre-packaged, drek, sold by the major, for profit, publishing houses, which are funneled through the Barnes and Noble owned campus bookstore and their 34% markup, but without being resellable.

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When books cost as much as they do (sustained at a price that clearly reflects lack of real competition in the marketplace) they must be capable of resale. I'm at a loss to decide what to do... if the publishing houses put out more decent texts, I'd be inclined to select one and stick with it. As it is, it seems that I must choose between accelerating volumes of bad options.